Phillipsburg Patrolman Robert Amey's funeral is Friday - UPDATE

Robert Amey, a Phillipsburg police officer and leukemia patient, receives an autographed jersey from New York Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards, who also donated to the MDS Foundation. Express-Times File Photo | SUE BEYER

The police funeral for Phillipsburg Patrolman Robert Amey will be Friday at Saint Mary's Church in Alpha, Chief James Faulborn announced today.

The service will begin 10:30 a.m. and parking on Fifth Avenue between Warren and Hunterdon streets will be prohibited from 8 a.m. to noon.

About 10:15 a.m. Officer Amey’s body will arrive in a caisson the front of St. Mary's Church, Faulborn said.

About 50 to 100 officers from New Jersey and Pennsylvania are expected to attend the funeral, Faulborn said. A funeral Mass will follow. The caisson will transport Amy to his burial with full police honors in the cemetery adjacent to the church, Faulborn said. It will include a 21-gun salute.

Amey, 35, died Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. He was diagnosed in 2010 with leukemia. He is survived by his wife, Nicole; their son, Hunter; and stepdaughter, Haylee.